Improvement in ox-yokes



J'. COLLINS. ox-YoKE.

No.175,428. Patented March 28,1876.

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N. PETERS. FNOTO-LITROGRAPHER. WASHINGTON D C PATENT Fmon.

JOHN QUINCY COLLINS, OF VASSALBOROUGH, MAINE.

IMPROVEMENT IN OX-YOKES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 175,428, dated March23, 1876 application filed December 1, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J OHN QUINCY Counts, ofVassalhorough, in the county of Kennebec -and State of Maine, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in OX-Yokes: and I dohereby declare that the following is a full,- clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art towhich it pertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to theaccompanying drawing and tothe letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification Figure-1 is a side elevationwithone of the bows detached. Fig. 2 is a top plan view.

This invention relates to an improvement in oX-yokes, and consists moreparticularly in so attaching and applying a spring to act in connectionwith the bow, that a ready and speedy means of fastening and securingthe bow in ,place is afforded, while at the same time said spring is socombined with the several parts that thebow can at will be readilydetached, all as will now be more in detail explained and set forth.

In the accompanying drawing, A repre sents an ox-yoke of the ordinaryconstruction; B, the bow; at a, the holes in the yoke into which thearms of the bow fit. Near the top of one arm of each bow is a slot, 1),horizontal, or nearly so. The free end of the spring 0 will fit intothis when the arms of the boware set into the holes of the yoke, andthus secure and firmly retain said bow in place.

drawing, illustrated said invention.

The advantages of this invention are, that there is no danger of losingthe device that secures the bow in place. Under the old form or style offastening the yoke, itfrequently happened that the pin would work looseand fall out. This was a source ofno small inconvenience, and sometimesof serious harm. My invention remedies all this, while at the same timethe cost of the yoke is not in any material degree increased.

Having thus described my invention, What I consider new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the spring 0 with the yoke A and bow B, having slot1), substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I aiiix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

EVERETT R. DRUMMOND, H. R. BUTTERFIELD.

